Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1917 — Was Considerably Surprised. [ARTICLE]

Was Considerably Surprised.

- - •Mtmsf er7 lTtd:,~ Fcb . -9'.—‘Whfen Jakg Andrews, a farm hand, went to the barn at daybreak today to water the horses and feed them hay, he found a most peculiar tableaux. In an otherwise vacant stall a wild-eyed person was motionless on all fours, and lie was munchiriv contentedly on oats he picked up in his mouth from the floor, Jake could ont resist the temptation the situation offered and he planted a No. 10 boot where it would be mots effective. StiU manitaining the imperosnation of a horse, the unwelcome visitor returned the kick. Jake landed in a corner, his chin and knees together. His calls for help were answered and it was found the farm hand suffered from a broken rib. The human horse was found to be Edward Sheridan, an escaped inmate of the Dunning asylum, and after being tume dover to Munster authorities was incarcerated at the Hammond police station and will be taken back to confinement. At* the station Sheridan bit an officer on the arm. He will eat nothing but oats and hay, insists on drinking out of a bucket and will not sleep exeept on all fours in a bed of straw'.